The Maoist party actually won the elections in Nepal this month. While this is a positive development when it comes to ridding the country of it's monarchial baggage, one cannot help but see this as a victory for china.
One can draw parallels with the cold war when russia was out to convert the entire world to it's brand of communism. Could china be doing the same? There's no denying that china has always funded the guerilla groups with communist agendas, be it the maoists of Nepal or the Naxalites in india. 
With Nepal having turned itself to maoism, china has become more influential on the other side of the himalayas. A recent announcement by the Nepali government that "any flame protestors to the Olympic flame could be shot if necessary" shows that the nepali government is all out to pander to china.
This could be a bad development for India. The last thing India needs now is Nepal acting as a proxy for China and lending more support to the Naxalism movement and other anti government groups.
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